Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-28
SAYINGS.

Scientists say that the potato rot comes' once in ten years-every decayed as it were. |-Tid-Bits.
 While Bostonians may be proud of the provender which has made them famous, they object to being called plebeans. ns.-Wash- ington Ratchet.
 Amy (speaking of the responsibilities of matrimony)-Would you be afraid to marry on five thousand year, Tom2
 Tom-Not bit, if I could only find girl with that amount of income-Harper's Bazar.
 The empire of China has sent represent ative to this country to study up our system of banking. It will be useless for the Mon- golians to try to copy our system, however, for they have no Canada.-Burlington Free Press.
 A correspondent wants us to tell him (which is the proper attitude for fisher man, standing or sitting" Neither, inno- cent one; lying is the only position in which he feels entirely at home.-Yonkers Statesman.
 Traveler-Hi, guard Have you seen 8 man waiting about with one eye, of the name of Walkera
 Guard (musingly)-N-no, sir. dun.no as sir?-London Judy.
 an uptown tailor, and, by way of eSplana- tion, we would like to state that the rage doesn't come in until you find the novelty wearing off in spots after exactly one weeks service. Washington Critic. A contemporary states that 150,000, 900 corkscrews are turned out every year in New ark, N. J. The last time we saw this item the corkscrew crop hasn't been injured by the drought in Texas.-Rochester Post-Ex- ! press.
 Fogg and Brown have entered the City Hall. Fogg-Who was that who spoke to you just nowa' Brown-Thata Oh, that is You don't mean itl He speaks English re. I markedly well for city ficial.-Boston Transcript.
 ''Say, Watson," said Bagley, "you know I Jenks; what sort of fellow is hea He has owed me bill for over year; is he honest?'
 ''Yes," said Watson slowly. "Jenks is hon. l est; there's no doubt about that, but it takes him a long time to find it out. t."-Boston Jour- | nal of Education.
 ''Ah, my heartstrings," said the landlady, \ in burst of confidence, seeking sympathy.
 "Ah, me! this is 8 cold. cold world. I have been deceived, sadly deceived in my time. '' "If you refer to that last lot of butter, J said he, gently, 'tI don't wonder you feel so ] bad about il. t.'-Philadelphia News. ''It has been aseertained," says an ex- change, "that the umbrella is far older than
 
 ] undoubtedly refers to the umbrella which was left in place of our new silk parachute at the sewing bee last night. We are in= clined to believe that he understates the age of the venerable relic.-Boston Transcript. He-Charming youth, that Bellamy; such refined and cultivated intel1ecti When you think what he's risen from, poor fellow, it really does him credit! She-Why, were his people-a-inferiahl Ha-WHIl. yes. His Qrandfath0r'S aQ earl, you know, and his uncle's bishop, and he himself is heir to an old baronetcy with eighty thousand year,-Puneh. MT. Laurence Hutton writes with a heavy stroke, leaving considerable superfuoua ink on the page. At one time, when he was going over some manuscript at friends house, and dropping the sheets on the floor as he finished them, the friends little girl came into the room. ''Take care, Hope" said the lady, ''don't step on MT. Hutton's manuscripts, or you will wet your feet. ."-Ex- change.